Our health care practitioners are on the leading edge of cancer treatment advances, constantly striving to be up to date -and, often, ahead of the rest-on the latest and most innovative breakthroughs in cancer treatment. To learn more about what's new in cancer research, check out some of the links below.

Dr. Nick Chen of Seattle Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center recently presented early findings of his work with prolonged metronomic chemotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients at the Ninth International Lung Cancer Congress in Hawaii. His study found that the use of lower and more frequent doses of chemo "is associated with dramatic long-term survival in the study patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer." Read the abstract of his research, view a poster delineating the study and its results, and read stories of hope with patients Ellen Cheung and Donna Peterson.

Seattle Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center's pancreatic cancer clinical trial: In 2006, the American Journal of Clinical Oncology published an abstract by SCTWC medical director Dr. Ben Chue on a promising new treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer. A clinical trial is currently underway testing the new protocol. Click here to read the updated 2007 abstract. To see how one patient responded, click here to read Aaron Barrett's story.

National Cancer Institute
Cancer.org
Clinical Trials, National Institutes of Health
Gateway for Cancer Research
Cancer Treatment Centers of America


Primary Care and Cancer
Journal of Clinical Oncology article


Naturopathy
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
Washington Association of Naturopathic Physicians
Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians


Mind/Body Medicine
Cancer Lifeline
Gilda's Club